UNData app

General Information

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	343 661	105 879	139 395^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-6.2	-30	4^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	11 240.0	3 722.0	4 925.0^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	4.6	5.2	4.1^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	49.1	48.4	52.3^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	46.3	46.3	43.5^b
Employment in agriculture^f (% of employed)	6.3	11.1	10.6^b
Employment in industry^f (% of employed)	21.3	18.7	18.5^b
Employment in services^f (% employed)	72.4	70.2	70.9^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	6.1^f	7.5	5.3^f
Labour force participation rate^f (female/male pop. %)	48.3 / 75.6	39.8 / 64.6	37.4 / 68.0
CPI: Consumer Price Index^g (2010=100)	772	93 584^h	10 038^i,b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100^j	...	...
International trade: exports^f (million current US$)	37 248	4 738	14 260^k
International trade: imports^f (million current US$)	40 146	9 048	19 224^k
International trade: balance^f (million current US$)	- 2 898	- 4 310	- 4 963^k
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 16 051	- 3 870^l	...

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1	-1	0.4^a
Urban population (% of total population)	88.2	88.2^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.4^m	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.3	2.1	2.1^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	77.4 / 68.9	76.5 / 68.5	76.8 / 69.1^a
Population age distributionⁿ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	28.2 / 9.9	27.8 / 12.5	24.9 / 14.7^a
International migrant stock^o (000/% of total pop.)	1 404.4 / 4.6	1 324.2 / 4.7	1 263.3 / 4.4^k
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	174.9	427.3	258.1^k
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	18.3	18.8	17.4^a
Health: Current expenditure^f,p,q (% of GDP)	...	4.1	4.6^r,s
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	1.7^e	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	99.0 / 100.7	94.1 / 96.0^e	116.0 / 111.5^k
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.8 / 93.5	91.7 / 86.5^e	113.4 / 103.6^k
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	84.0 / 72.0	82.1 / 70.5^e	85.7 / 78.5^k
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	51.2	29.5	12.6^s
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	17	22.2^t	32.1^t

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^f (per 100 inhabitants)	58	61.6^e	...
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.4	0.7^u,l	...
Threatened species (number)	312	379	1 034^k
Forested area (% of land area)	52.9	52.4	52.3^s
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	141.4 / 4.6	64.9 / 2.3	92.3 / 3.3^s
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	7 393	2 350	2 803^s
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	85	45	61^s
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	789	427^e	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	78.5	78.5	78.5^k
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.01	0.35	0.24^s

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		Refers to multiple municipalities and parishes (see source).
d		2019
e		2017
f		Estimate.
g		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
h		Figures in millions.
i		Figures in billions.
j		2014
k		2024
l		2016
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		Including refugees.
p		Est. should be viewed with caution as these are derived from scarce data.
q		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
r		The country's currency is the Bolivar Digital (VED), which replaced the Bolivar Soberano (VES) (1 VED = 1,000,000 VES). The complete expenditure series were converted in Bolivar Digital (VED) for 2023 December GHED update.
s		2022
t		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
u		Break in the time series.